Courses & Training:

The Certificate in Holistic Counselling

The Certificate in Holistic Counselling course began in 1999 to support health practitioners and students to utilize dynamic techniques for personal and professional development.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
This is an unique opportunity to create in-dependence (self mastery). From this position true healing happens both personally and as a professional. Our holistic approach ensures transformation emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually thus manifesting your vision of life naturally.
The certification course is aimed at transforming practitioner’s personal patterns and experience of Self, enabling deeper insights, understanding and experience of the true nature of healing and Self enabling practitioners to truly facilitate clients personal transformation from the depth of knowing and experiencing the divinity of oneself. For all health practitioners and therapists, caring professionals, or persons interested in enlightening their experience of life.

TESTIMONIES
“This is the best investment I have ever made personally and professionally” Amy K Counsellor

"An amazing personal journey that gives you lots of tools to use in both personal and professional life" C Kato Acupuncturist

“I never give all ones in a course – but this has truly been a life changing and empowering experience in ways I could have never dreamed. Can’t think of anything you could have done better! ...The best thing you could possibly do for your personal and professional growth. Without doing the course its very difficult to put into words the growth and understanding it brings but you will come out a more whole and happy person.” J Flindell Massage Trainer, Student doctor

"It changed my life in ways I never dreamt of. It was the best money and I time I have ever spent in my life - and then some. Thank you beyond words.“ L Conroy, Secondary teacher

"This was the greatest journey to self discovery I have ever undertaken. The information and support from The Awakening Group was amazing." T. Barisic, Ministry of Defence

"Thank you so much for the journey you facilitate. I love it and me and you" C Dyer, Masseur

"It has been a truly wonderful experience for me... truly meeting reality and shifting my stale old techniques to wholesome and moving ones. A wonderfully profound unique experience!"
T. Fisher, Teacher/Carer

“The course creates for people the opportunity for a permanent and complete falling in love with yourself and gaining confidence in life plus the qualification. My growth and development was supported over a six month period not only by spectacular facilitators but by the group and course itself. My personal journey has been amazing -my business has grown, as has my complete faith in the truth of who I am.” Thanks. Judith

COURSE CONTENT
The Certificate in Holistic Counselling includes 12 classes, 3 study groups, and a private consultation, course manual, CD, DVD & a certificate given on successful completion.

PART I: The Big Picture
Sunday 9am to 5pm Trainer: Brenda Sutherland

The Big Picture: How Reality is Created
Mapping one’s Lifestream: Identifying issues & their point of creation
Aligning self judgment
Moving beyond the past to the present. Being the future.
How You Manifest: Thought embraced by emotion
Soul communication: Laying the foundations to learning to trust oneself
Who am I Really beyond the thoughts: Freedom from our neuroses
Mapping Emotional Addiction

Part II: Healing the Wounded Healer
9am to 5pm Saturday & Sunday Trainer: Brenda Sutherland

Role of parents in psychological development
How the psyche recreates to resolve
Acknowledging unresolved parental needs
Connecting with inner child, journeying to recreate a supportive inner reality
Addressing anger, hurt, fear, obligation, grief, guilt, abandonment, betrayal
Direct experience: aligning the emotional body- turning anguish into bliss
Unmasking and embracing the shadow self
Aligning personal issues to experience the peace and truth of self
Connecting with our lineage
Internal archetypes

Part III: Beliefs: The Work of Byron Katie
Saturday & Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Rosie Stave

The Work of Byron Katie –The Great Undoing: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life.
Time magazine called it: Four Questions to Inner Peace
“An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering” Byron Katie
Learning and Experiencing the Inquiry
The Worksheet
4 questions and turnarounds
Literal Listening
The Gift of Criticism

Study Group:
Saturday 3pm – 6pm (VIC) Wed 6pm - 9pm (QLD)

Questions and Answers
Emotional Freedom technique

Part IV: Essentials to Counselling (*Part of Effectiveness Training nationally accredited training)
Saturday & Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Judith Richardson (ESTEAM)

The Therapeutic Relationship
Introduction & practice of counselling skills: Learning the helping Skills
Who Owns the Problem
Roadblocks to Communication
Active Listening: Lead Ins, Common Mistakes, Statements & responses,
Feelings Inventory
I Messages
Feelings Needs Inventory
Developing empathy using micro-skills
Identifying the Issue(s)

Part V: Family Constellation (Systemic Constellations)
Saturday & Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Catherine Ingram or Margarete Koenning

Introduction to the Principles of Family Constellation, by Bert Hellinger
Key components of Family Constellation work: Family History, The Family Soul, Orders of Love, Function of Conscience, Belonging, Balance of Giving & Taking, Fate
Movements of the Soul
Developing mindfulness
Family of Origin
Personal Constellations
Experience this phenomenological approach through being a representative
Address issues such as adoption, abuse, illness, belonging and much more

Study Group:
Saturday 3pm – 6pm (VIC) Wed 6pm - 9pm (QLD)

Questions and Answers

Part VI: Creative Counselling
Saturday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Brenda Sutherland

Creative visualization: a simple and powerful tool reconnecting sub-personalities ie: wise self, sensual self, inner child, sexuality etc.
Linking Systemic Constellations with Creative Visualization with art therapy, props, figurines and other techniques for one to one sessions
Learn how to create a healing visualization
Trust yourself as a counselor through:
- Connecting with Inner Guides
- Soul Communication Meditation
- Muscle Testing (Kinesiology) and
- Spiritual Cleansing Technique

Study Group:
Saturday 3pm – 6pm (VIC) or Wed 6pm - 9pm (QLD)

Case Studies discussion and draft presentation

Part VII: Love, Sex & Relationships
Saturday 9am - 5pm Trainer: Brenda Sutherland

Initiation of the Senses: Awakening Ones Sensual Self
Enhancing Intimacy (In to Me See) in relationships
The Language of the Masculine & Feminine in Relationship & Balancing them within
Systemic Principles governing relationships
Meeting in Love: A Return to Innocence, a new way of connecting sexually without the goals
Issues arising in relationships and what to be aware of
Enlivening and learning about sexual energy in the body: Transforming sexual energy into meditation

Part VIII: Physically Speaking
Saturday & Sunday 9am - 5pm Trainers: Ana Lamaro, Brenda Sutherland & Judith Richardson

Your Disease is keeping you healthy: Speaking to illness and letting illness speak to you
A Holistic Approach to dis-ease with case studies
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Stress, Depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD): Learning the symptoms of, prevention & cure and bio-psychosocial factors
Biology Becomes Biography: Energy Psychology
Case studies and working with illnesses
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Dissolution and Freedom Technique

Part IX: The Emerging Counsellor
Saturday 9am - 5pm Facilitator: Brenda Sutherland

The Intuitive Approach
Client Questionnaire and Interviewing process
Ethics, case management, case studies, supervision
Who Am I Beyond the Story and Processes?
Defining Oneself and Intention as a Counsellor

Please note the order each unit is offered may change.

Peer Group Supervision (Optional and highly recommended practice)

Provides ongoing peer supervision for case study discussions
New information and research shared amongst peers
Personal issues effecting being a counsellor.

TRAINERS
Trainers have been chosen from across Australia due to being leaders in their field. Train with the best so you become the best.

Brenda Sutherland
Judith Richardson
Rosie Stave
Ana Lamaro
Margarete Koenning
Maria Dolenc

COURSE LOGISTICS

Dates: Melbourne course starts February 20th 2011 and runs approximately two Saturdays/Sundays per month over 9 months.

Brisbane course starts March 20th 2011.

Cost: $3195 GST incl., full course cost, $2995 earlybird price if paid in full before 1st February (VIC) 1st March (QLD) 2010. A $350 nonrefundable secures your place. Please note payments are subject to The Awakening Group terms and conditions.

Venue: Melbourne: Australian Shiatsu College, 3 Evans St, Brunswick
Brisbane: Junjarina 1260 Wynnum Rd, Tingalpa, www.junjarina.com.au/map.php

Assessment: Case studies, take home questions, class presentation, autobiography & unit review questions.

Accreditation:

ACA: Australian Counselling Association 110 credits for Professional Development

Australian Holistic Healers and Counsellors Association (AHHCA) accredited. For more details on benefits of AHHCA membership see www.ahha.org.au Insurance available. Practitioners with complementary modalities are able to use the name Holistic Counsellor on completion of course due to accreditation.
The course is over 185 hours training with Unit 4 being part of a nationally accredited course.

Essentials to Counselling is Part of a 10 part series that is a nationally accredited training program.

Click here to download prospectus.

Enrolments:The number of enrolments are limited per year. Deposit secures your place. On enrolment an individual session is made so that we can create the course to suit your needs and career direction, whilst supporting your personal growth.

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